Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive

January. 01,2004      
Rating:
7.4
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In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

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Reviews

Lucybespro
2004/01/01

It is a performances centric movie

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Stoutor
2004/01/02

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

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Aiden Melton
2004/01/03

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Rosie Searle
2004/01/04

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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